During the nine weeks of training, she studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Purswell is the daughter of Jeanna Bumpas of Huffman.

She is a 2003 graduate of Hargrave High School.

Narcisse

Marcus A. Narcisse attended the Air Force Junior ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Aviation and Technology Honors Camp at the University of New Mexico and Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM.

The Air Force has nine other approved aerospace and technology honors camp sites for the 104,000 high school cadets attending in 2005. Selection of students/cadets to attend the honors camp is very competitive.

The honors camps' hands-on curricula allows cadets to visit college campuses, air and space operational bases and sites, research labs, historical sites, museums, aerospace industries, hear lectures from pilots and astronauts, and participate in simulator and airplane rides.

Narcisse is the son of Traci A. Narcisse of Houston, and Charles A. Narcisse of Baytown.

During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations.

During the eight weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. Reed is the son of Chris and Wendy Reed of Crosby.

He graduated in 2000 from Crosby High School, and received a bachelor's degree in 2004 from Texas A&M University.

Jackson

Air Force Senior Airman Antionette M. Jackson is currently deployed overseas at a forward operating location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq.